Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-04-16

Jewell county votes on the Railroad
Bond question Saturday the 10Th, and
Phillips county on the 10th.
Get your harness within the next 10
/ days Al the new shop
G. Z. GDNEY. Manager.
Among others who have suffered by
late prairie fires is John + Carroll, OF
Crystal township, who had his stable,
some hogs. hay and grain destroyed.
10000 acres. OF fine farming lands for
sale by Weeks & Mcdonald in Phillips,
Mitchell, Smith, Rocks and Norton
counties
The ball last Tuesday evening, held
in the basement OF Fred. Winships store,
was well attended and, we are inform
ed, was very pleasant affair.
The ball-eyed iaclz-spittles who try
to initiate are broke in two. Cause
low rates Of interest on. farm loans at
the Phillips County Bank. 24-1t
The Board OF County Commissioners
have accepted the Jail, or mora properly
speaking, the iron cage for the jail, nd
the prisoners are now occupying 1t.
Go to the new shop and get your har-
ness, brides, whips and lap busters
while they are cheap.
c. E. GiDNET, Manager.
North Western Kansas, including
Phillips county, has had great, glorious,
refreshing, soaking rains, the past
week, Everybody feels good and -ev-
erything is prosperous
The late residence of Mr.. Her a few
miles west of town was destroyed one
day last week by prairie fire with al its
contents. Mr.. Tier keeps ''baehelors
hall'' and was absent at the time.
There will be an examination Of
Teachers held at the School House, in
Pbillipsburg, ks, On Saturday, April
2OJh, 1857, beginning at 8 o'clock, a. N
j. II YOUSG, Co. Supt.
Dick Cowan has associated himself
with G. w. Baum in the new wagon
and blacksmith shop. Both these gen
tlemen are good mechanics and viii
drive "a rushing business. You will find
their advertisement in another column. .
Where do you buy your wall paper,
your drugs, your cigars, your musical
Instruments? II Won do not already
purchase AT Harmon's, call IN and Try
him for goods and prices, On the east
side OF the square.
The Phnlipsbarg City election, held
last Tuesday - the proposition OF the
Rock-Island railroad to vote that COM
pauy $3.50 in bonds, resulted IN 12l
votes FOR the proposition and no votes
against it.
VIM. Bissel! says it is understood that
if there are ut tFo or three townships
chat vote down the bonds the PROPOSE
tons will be re-submitted TO those town
ships, but if several townships vote
down the Railroads proposition then
another route will probably be adopted
Qaick sales, small profits, special in
ducemeuts TO immigration. Heads one
chapter in the Phillips County Banks
book on ''Real Estate Loans aud farms
to sell or rent" Subscriptions taken
at their Office. If you want farm loan
or if yOu want 20 bay or sell land and
town lols, give them fl call. 24lt
Postmaster Phillips at JimtoHn this
county, was damaged to the amount OF
about 500 by prairie fire last Saturday,
He had several cattle and a span of
horses burned to death. The fire WAS
probably set out by some careless Eel
low as nearly all Of them originate il
that way.
Last Saturday W. F. Woodward, Of
this place vas bitten quite severely by
a horse which he was handling. The
animal caught him by the chin and
lacerated the flesh in a serious manner.
He is going about town with his chin
bandaged up but has considerable di1i-
Guilty in eadng.
Prof. Thomas proposes to have an en-
tertainment in two or three weeks at
the school House which will consist Of
essays, deciamalions, music, &c. A
small admission lee viii be charged and
the proceeds viii be expended in the
purchase Of window blinds. We learn
that the band boys have decided 10 as
sist Mr.. Thomas.
A commercial runner who was in
Phillipsburg last Tuesday, informed US
that he had travelled all over Kansas
selling goods the last eight years, and
that there was much more rainfall here
than in the southern and even the
/ central portion OF the state, and though
his home was in Newton, yet he must
admit he liked this part much better
than the southern half.
In addition to other prairie fires men
| toned in this paper we have heard /
one last Saturday that destroyed "a new
frame house in Deer Creek township
belonging to DAVID Moncrief and oc-
cupied by q renter. The family of the
renter was absent when the fire occur
ed The house and all its contents
were destroyed. County Commit sioner
Ham also had burned up stacks Of hay,
fences and other property
We don't know of any town off the
railroad of the size of Phillipsburg, that
has so much good stone or brick pave
menl. but the crossings are not good.
tuesday and Wednesday il was very
muddy aud the crossing 1T the corners
! Of the so1aya ,syara had Va call the